AVART

Some years ago I started a business called,  AVART.  AVART of course stands for Aviation Art. My reason was that I love airplanes, and love to photograph them as art rather than just as objects.  I am especially thrilled to find a wonderful aluminum skinned airplane in great light!  This morning Bill Pekala and I road around Sun n’ Fun in the golf cart in search of subjects!  It was a bittersweet morning, knowing this is the last big assignment where Bill and I will be working for Nikon together!  Bill and I have been life long friends and I’ve worked for him at Nikon for the last, almost, eleven years.  I don’t think a single month has gone by in the last eleven years that I haven’t told him, “thanks for the job!”  We’ve had a lot of fun….

Fortunately our search was successful this morning having found a classic Lockheed 12, (the same kind of plane that Amelia Earhardt disappeared in!)  It is one of the most graceful and beautiful of airplanes and the rivets, in the right light, can really be interesting!  This morning with threatening storm clouds we had a great sky to reflect in the skin of he planes.  The other being a beautifully restored P51 Mustang named Crazy Horse.  Hope you enjoy my take.

Couldn’t resist ending this with a little self portrait reflection in the Lockheed 12, that’s Bill photographing me!  Fun days!

Blessings.

the pilgrim

Photo Info.   All images made with the Nikon D7100 and 10-24 AF-S f 3.5 lens.